in her defense, she said she was distracted by the news cruise outside the bank and is normally very cautious. >> make sure i push that i'm done button. and i keep my eyes around my surroundings. i'm not stupid. i was boesch here. [laughter] >> reporter: yesterday, around 2:30 in the afternoon, police say a woman was robbed at this bank of america on sonoma boulevard. she failed to end her atm transaction and began to walk away. that's when she noticed a man walk over to the same atm she was using. the victim realized she had not closed out the transaction. she tried to stop the man and that's when the situation turned violent. >> when she tried to interrupt that, the subject forcibly grabbed her by the neck and pinned her up against the wall. then wound up fleeing on foot. >> reporter: vallejo police say this type of crime tends to increase during the holidays especially as people are taking out a lot of cash to their -- to do their shopping. the warning, make sure you are aware of your surroundings and you make sure to end the atm transaction before you walk away from the machine.